Tag: Sweet Briar College

Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new faculty positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.

Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.

The Society for the Study of Early Modern Women and Gender has recently presented its Lifetime Achievement Award to Diana Maury Robin, a widely-published author and professor emerita of classics at the University of New Mexico.

Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.

The new deans are Paula Song at Ohio State University, Lisa Powell at Sweet Briar College in Virginia, and Nicola Mason at Morehead State University in Kentucky.

Professor Wessells founded the department of dance and choreography at Virginia Commonwealth University. She also held teaching positions with the University of Richmond and Sweet Briar College.

Low-income women from Virginia will have the opportunity to receive a full-tuition scholarship to Sweet Briar College beginning in the 2025-2026 academic year.

The two Virginia institutions have launched a new program, UVAccelerate, that will provide students from Sweet Briar College, a women's school, the opportunity for early-entry into the master of engineering degree program with the University of Virginia

Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.

Hutson is the college’s first alumna president. She has been serving as interim president since July. Earlier, Hutson served as Sweet Briar’s senior vice president for alumnae relations and development for eight years.

At Sweet Briar College, associate professor Lisa Powell serves as head of the STEM Division Head and director of the Center for Human and Environmental Sustainability. She also leads the academic and community-focused aspects of the college’s agricultural areas, including the greenhouse, apiary, vineyard, garden, and forests.

Here is this week's roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.